I've installed virtualmin on my VPS to manage my websites. It's working perfect and as expected nearly a year now. Recently I wanted to add some features to one of my sites, and I need git integration.
I've correctly installed git & gitweb on my server, and I can create repositories and watch them under
http://sub.domain.com/git/gitweb.cgi
Here is the current relevant directory tree:
/home/user/domains/sub.domain.com/public_html/git/
drwxr-sr-x user user .
drwxr-x--- user user ..
-rw-r--r-- user user git-favicon.png
-rw-r--r-- user user git-logo.png
-rwxr-xr-x user user gitweb.cgi
-rw-r--r-- user user gitweb.css
drwxrwx--- apache user reponame.git
/home/user/domains/sub.domain.com/public_html/git/reponame.git/
drwxrwx--- apache user .
drwxr-sr-x user user ..
drwxrwx--- apache user branches
-rwxrwx--- apache user config
-rwxrwx--- user user description
-rwxrwx--- apache user HEAD
drwxrwx--- apache user hooks
drwxrwx--- apache user info
drwxrwx--- apache user objects
drwxrwx--- apache user refs
But I have some questions:
When I'm visiting http://sub.domain.com/git/gitweb.cgi, the owner is listed as 'Apache'. why? how can I change that?
Usually, to create a new git repository, I'll do something like:
$ mkdir proj
$ cd proj
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/proj/.git/
// here I'm creating the files or copy them from somewhere else
$ git add *.php
$ git add README
$ git commit -m 'initial version'
But after creating the repository in virtualmin, I can find a new dir named 'reponame.git' but not the '.git' dir.
When I'm trying to run any git command (e.g. git status) I'm receiving "fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree".
How can I work with that repository?
Currently I need to explicitly grant access for users to be able to view the repositories via gitweb. How can I make certain repositories public?
